It was Mae West who said "I'd like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do." It's Danny Briere and Claude Giroux who would like to play hockey in Philadelphia—but Berlin will do.

The Flyers' star duo is sticking together during the NHL lockout, heading to Germany to play for Eisbaren Berlin, as first reported by ESPN. The club has been a force in German hockey in recent years, with six Deutsche Eishockey Liga championships since 2005, including the last two.

While Briere and Giroux are heading to Europe because the Flyers are locked out along with the rest of the NHL, they still will be getting paychecks from an NHL owner—the Anschutz Entertainment Group, which owns the Los Angeles Kings, also owns Eisbaren Berlin. It's only the latest Kings-Flyers connection after former Philadelphia players such as Jeff Carter and Mike Richards were key to Los Angeles' run to the Stanley Cup.

Wayne Simmonds, who joined the Flyers as part of the deal last year that sent Richards to the Kings, also is in Germany, but will not have to play against his Philadelphia teammates, as he signed in the German second division.

Giroux was third in the NHL with 93 points last season, scoring 28 goals with 65 assists. In the playoffs, the 24-year-old tied for the league lead with eight goals, even though the Flyers were knocked out in the second round.

Briere also scored eight goals in the playoffs, half of his season total. The two-time All-Star turns 35 on Saturday.